Sec. 13b-391. (Formerly Sec. 16-285). Issuance of certificates.
Sec. 13b-391. (Formerly Sec. 16-285). Issuance of certificates. After the hearing
provided for in section 13b-390, the Commissioner of Transportation may issue to the
applicant a certificate of public convenience and necessity in a form to be prescribed
by him or may refuse to issue the same, or may issue it for the partial exercise only of
the privilege sought, and may prescribe therein such limitations as in his judgment public
interest may require.
(1949 Rev., S. 5678; 1969, P.A. 768, S. 236; P.A. 75-486, S. 1, 69; P.A. 77-614, S. 162, 610; P.A. 80-482, S. 135, 348;
P.A. 88-249, S. 4, 9; P.A. 92-136, S. 5; P.A. 93-307, S. 1, 34; 93-435, S. 3, 95; P.A. 95-126, S. 7, 25.)
History: 1969 act required that copy of order or certificate be sent to commissioner of transportation; P.A. 75-486
replaced public utilities commission with public utilities control authority; P.A. 77-614 replaced authority with division
of public utility control within the department of business regulation, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 80-482 made division
an independent department and deleted reference to abolished department of business regulation; P.A. 88-249 changed
jurisdiction of motor carriers from the department of public utility control to the department of transportation effective
July 1, 1989. (Revisor's note: Statute published in both Title 16 and Title 13b in the Connecticut General Statutes, Revision
of 1958, revised to 1989; Sec. 16-285 transferred to Sec. 13b-391, effective July 1, 1989); P.A. 92-136 amended section
by requiring the issuance of a decal to be conspicuously displayed on the vehicle; P.A. 93-307 specified that decals are
issued on July first annually and added the provision that applicants with vehicle fleets composed of one hundred or more
units would not be required to purchase decals or display a decal on each vehicle in their fleet, effective June 29, 1993; P.A.
93-435 specified applicability to hearings under Sec. 13b-390, effective June 28, 1993; P.A. 95-126 deleted requirement that
commissioner issue decal on July first annually representing authority to operate, deleted provision re display of decal,
and deleted exemption from decal requirement for applicants with vehicle fleets composed of one hundred or more units,
effective July 1, 1995.